Cole believes his days at Arsenal are numbered

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ASHLEY COLE believes that Arsène Wenger, the Arsenal manager, is willing to sell him to fund a spending spree in the summer. The England defender’s mooted move to Chelsea has also become more likely because he is annoyed at the manner in which Arsenal have conducted negotiations over a new contract.

Cole thinks that the increase he has been offered to his present weekly wage of £27,000 will still leave him earning considerably less than several senior players at Highbury and that it reflects the club’s readiness to allow him to leave for a transfer fee that would be in